GRAPEVINE, Texas — Let’s forget all that has happened to Florida State since the Seminoles were 13-0 after winning the Atlantic Coast Conference title game with a third-string freshman quarterback last season.
After all, their fans certainly wish they could.
Go back to the time just before that unprecedented College Football Playoff snub early last December, when the Seminoles became the only undefeated power conference champion to be left out in the 10 seasons the Football Bowl Subdivision’s national championship event used a four-team format.
How would those Seminoles have fared if there had been a 12-team bracket for the College Football Playoff back then?
The Associated Press took part in one of a series of mock exercises conducted by CFP officials to provide insight into how the 13-member selection committee’s process will work for the expanded playoff that begins this season.